Flux Tower Measurements of a Seasonally Flooded Australian Wetland

Featuring flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between a wetland surface and the atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques. Data were processed with PyFluxPro (v3.4.17) to produce a final, gap-filled product with Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). The site is a wetland with principal vegetation of Oryza rufipogon, Pseudoraphis spinescens, and Eleocharis dulcis.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal patterns in Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) and its components, Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER), in a wetland environment.
• Model the relationship between ecosystem carbon fluxes and measured environmental drivers like incoming shortwave radiation, soil heat flux, and soil moisture content.
• Study the energy balance of a wetland using measurements of net radiation, heat, and water vapour fluxes from the 15m instrument mast.
• Investigate the impact of seasonal flooding on atmospheric flux measurements, including heat, water vapour, and carbon dioxide.

Strengths

• Data is processed into a final, gap-filled product using the established PyFluxPro (v3.4.17) software as described by Isaac et al. (2017).
• Includes a comprehensive suite of micrometeorological measurements: temperature, humidity, wind, rainfall, radiation, soil heat flux, and soil moisture.
• Site metadata provides specific climatic context, including mean annual precipitation of 1411 mm and seasonal temperature ranges (e.g., max from 31.3°C to 35.6°C).

Limitations

• The temporal coverage and total number of data rows are not specified in the provided input.
• The specific column structure and data schema are unknown, complicating direct programmatic analysis.
• Primary data files are listed as HTML and PNG formats, which are not typical for structured, machine-readable time-series data.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Eddy covariance flux tower measurements processed using PyFluxPro (v3.4.17).

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-20.

Geography

Fogg Dam, Australia; a wetland at approximately 4m elevation.